Additional Registry Requirements
Should you seek to register a .BIZ second level domain name you, the registrant, must also agree to the following terms:
- BIZ RESTRICTIONS.
Registrations
in the .BIZ TLD must be used or intended to be used primarily for bona
fide business or commercial purposes. For purposes of the .BIZ
Registration Restrictions ("Restrictions"), "bona fide business or
commercial use" shall mean the bona fide use or bona fide intent to use
the domain name or any content, software, materials, graphics or other
information thereon, to permit Internet users to access one or more
host computers through the DNS:
- To exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;
- In the ordinary course of trade or business; or
- To facilitate:
- the exchange of goods, services, information, or property of any kind; or,
- the ordinary course of trade or business. Registering a domain name solely for the purposes of
- selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or
- the
unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for
compensation shall not constitute a"bona fide business or commercial
use" of that domain name.
- BIZ CERTIFICATION.
As a .BIZ domain name registrant, you hereby certify to the best of your knowledge that:
The registered domain name will be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes and not
- exclusively for personal use; or
- solely for the purposes of
- selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or
- the
unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for
compensation. For more information on the .BIZ restrictions, which are
incorporated herein by reference, please see:
http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/registrationRestrictions.html
- The domain name registrant has the authority to enter into the registration agreement; and
- the
registered domain name is reasonably related to the registrant's
business or intended commercial purpose at the time of registration.
- PROVISION OF REGISTRATION DATA.
- Provision
of Registration Data. As part of the registration process, you are
required to Provide us with certain information and to update this
information to keep it current, complete and accurate. This information
includes:
- your full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available;
- the
name of an authorized person for contact purposes in the case of a
registrant that is an organization, association, or corporation;
- the IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameserver(s) for the domain name;
- the corresponding names of those nameservers;
- the
full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and
fax number if available of the technical contact for the domain name;
- the
full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and
fax number if available of the administrative contact for the domain
name;
- the name, postal address, e-mail address, voice
telephone number, and fax number if available of the billing contact
for the domain name; and
- any remark concerning the
registered domain name that should appear in the Whois directory. You
agree and understand that the foregoing registration data will be
publicly available and accessible on the Whois directory as required by
ICANN/Registry Policy and may be sold in bulk in accordance with the
ICANN Agreement.
- Inaccurate
or Unreliable Data. You hereby represent and warrant that the data
provided in the domain name registration application is true, correct,
up to date and complete and that you will continue to keep all the
information provided up to date. Your willful provision of inaccurate
or unreliable information, your willful failure promptly to update
information provided to us, or any failure to respond for over five
calendar days to our inquiries addressed to the e-mail address of the
administrative, billing or technical contact then appearing in the
Whois directory with respect to an domain name concerning the accuracy
of contact details associated with any registration(s) or the
registration of any domain name(s) registered by or through you or your
account, shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. Any information
collected by us concerning an identified or identifiable natural person
("Personal Data") will be used in connection with the registration of
your domain name(s) and for the purposes of this Agreement and as
required or permitted by the ICANN Agreement or any ICANN/Registry
Policy.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY.
If
you reserved or registered a .BIZ domain name through us, you agree to
be bound by our current domain name dispute policy that is incorporated
herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference. Please take the
time to familiarize yourself with that policy. In addition, you hereby
acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to be bound by
the terms and conditions of the following documents, as they may be
amended from time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made an
integral part of this Agreement:
- The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm.
- The Start-up Trademark Opposition Policy ("STOP"), available at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html; and
- The Restrictions Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules, available at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/rdrp.html.
The
STOP sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute
between a registrant of a .BIZ domain name ("Registrant") with any
third party (other than Registry Operator or Registrar) over the
registration or use of a .BIZ domain name registered by Registrant that
is subject to the Intellectual Property Claim Service. The Intellectual
Property Claim Service a service introduced by Registry Operator to
notify a trademark or service mark holder ("Claimant") that a
second-level domain name has been registered in which that Claimant
claims intellectual property rights. In accordance with the STOP and
its associated Rules, those Claimants will have the right to challenge
registrations through independent ICANN-accredited dispute resolution
providers. The UDRP sets forth the terms and conditions in connection
with a dispute between a Registrant and any party other than the
Registry Operator or Registrar over the registration and use of an
Internet domain name registered by Registrant.
The UDRP
sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute
between a Registrant and any party other than the Registry Operator or
Registrar over the registration and use of an Internet domain name
registered by Registrant.
The RDRP sets forth the terms
under which any allegation that a domain name is not used primarily for
business or commercial purposes shall be enforced on a case-by-case,
fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute
provider. None of the violations of the Restrictions will be enforced
directly by or through Registry Operator. Registry Operator will not
review, monitor, or otherwise verify that any particular domain name is
being used primarily for business or commercial purposes or that a
domain name is being used in compliance with the SUDRP or UDRP
processes.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY MODIFICATIONS.
You
agree that we, in our sole discretion, may modify our dispute policy.
We will post any such revised policy on our Web site at least thirty
(30) calendar days before it becomes effective. You agree that, by
maintaining the reservation or registration of your domain name after
modifications to the dispute policy become effective, you have agreed
to these modifications. You acknowledge that if you do not agree to any
such modification, you may terminate this Agreement. We will not refund
any fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES.
You
agree that, if your use of our domain name registration services is
challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions
specified in our dispute policy in effect at the time of the dispute.
You agree that in the event a domain name dispute arises with any third
party, you will indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth below in this Agreement. If we are notified
that a complaint has been filed with a judicial or administrative body
regarding your use of our domain name registration services, you agree
not to make any changes to your domain name record without our prior
approval. We may not allow you to make changes to such domain name
record until:
- we are directed to do so by the judicial or administrative body, or
- we
receive notification by you and the other party contesting your
registration and use of our domain name registration services that the
dispute has been settled. Furthermore, you agree that if you are
subject to litigation regarding your registration and use of our domain
name registration services, we may deposit control of your domain name
record into the registry of the judicial body by supplying a party with
a registrar certificate from us.
- RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.
eNom,
Inc. and the .BIZ Registry Operator, NeuLevel, Inc. expressly reserve
the right to deny, cancel or transfer any registration that it deems
necessary, in its discretion, to protect the integrity and stability of
the registry, to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or
requirements, requests of law enforcement, in compliance with any
dispute resolution process, or to avoid any liability, civil or
criminal, on the part of eNom, Inc. and/or NeuLevel, Inc., as well as
their affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors and employees.
eNom, Inc. and NeuLevel, Inc. also reserve the right to freeze a domain
name during resolution of a dispute.
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